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Defender for Business: four years in

Jason AgnewFounder & CEO
Jun 2026Product Review
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When Microsoft shipped an SMB EDR in 2022, the security industry rolled its eyes. Four years of running it across client fleets later: it detects well, the automated investigation genuinely reduces noise, and it's already in Business Premium.

The gripe is the portal, which still assumes you have a security team's patience. That's partly why clients have us.

Verdict: real EDR at SMB economics. With tuning, a serious baseline.

Reviewed from live fleet experience · published June 2026 · we earn a fair margin on some products we supply; reviews are not sponsored.

Jason Agnew
Jason AgnewFounder & CEO, Belton IT Nexus. Twenty-two years building specialist IT and security for New Zealand business.

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